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August 20, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.19.2015

 

Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from this morning was a 0.1 bump for MASTERCHEF.

CABLE UPDATE:  The season finale of DUCK DYNASTY jumped by two-tenths to 1.04, easily winning the cable night.  However, that was down a tremendous 0.39 from the August 2014 finale.  Lead-out WAHLBURGERS only benefited from the DYNASTY finale to the tune of 0.01, rising to 0.58, and LACHEY’S BAR declined by 0.02 to 0.23.  On USA, even though SUITS fell by 0.07 to 0.61, MR. ROBOT grew by 0.05 to 0.49, with season finales for both 1 week away.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN LA climbed 0.09 to 0.54, with lead-out episodes of TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY  at 0.41/0.37, up from last week’s 0.36/0.33.  CATFISH (MTV) lost 0.02 to 0.52, and AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW was likewise down 0.02 to 0.20.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROS BUY AND SELL jumped 0.11 to 0.47.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS slipped by 0.02 to 0.45, but THE WOODSMEN gained 0.06 to 0.36.  CAMP CUTTHROAT (Food) dropped 0.12 to 0.44.  KEY & PEELE (Comedy), entering its home stretch of episodes, was up 0.02 to 0.42, while WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURRESS was down 0.02 to 0.20.  YOUNG & HUNGRY returned to ABCFamily at 0.42, and in its 2d week, KEVIN FROM WORK lost 0.04 to 0.20 (although that was up 0.06 from last week’s 2d episode).  Bravo’s FLIPPING OUT ticked up to 0.40, and MILLION DOLLAR LISTING rose by 0.05 to 0.25.  DATING NAKED (VH1) climbed by 0.08 to 0.33, and TWINNING was up 0.05 to 0.25.  As for the multiplatform comedies, THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW fell 0.04 to 0.20 on Nick At Nite, and lost a hundredth on TV Land to 0.15, while IMPASTOR was steady on both Nick At Nite and TV Land, respectively at 0.16 and 0.13.  THE EXES, on TV Land only, was down 0.02 to 0.09.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK was at 0.04/103K.

The DAM report:  IMPACT WRESTLING was at 0.09/323K at 9PM (up 0.01/53K), and added 0.02/73K at midnight (steady/up 13K).  RING OF HONOR was at 0.03/145K (down 0.01/3K). 

 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.19 Aug 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 19, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 1.04 3,260
2 SUITS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 0.61 2,299
3 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.58 1,518
4 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.54 1,323
5 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN4B MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.52 959
6 MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 69 0.49 1,319
7 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.47 1,913
8 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.45 2,653
9 CAMP CUTTHROAT FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.44 1,114
10 KEY & PEELE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.42 731
11 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.42 851
12 HOUSE HUNTERS OFF GRID HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.42 1,757
13 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 30 0.41 1,096
14 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.40 1,040
15 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.39 891
16 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.37 1,058
17 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.36 1,610
18 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 04:00 PM 30 0.36 1,856
19 WOODSMEN, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.36 1,655
20 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 914
21 DATING NAKED 2 VH1 09:00 PM 60 0.33 738
22 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.32 615
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.32 2,034
24 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.30 3,083
25 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.30 595
26 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 90 0.30 548
27 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,018
28 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.28 951
29 CARNIVAL CRAVINGS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.28 874
30 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.28 2,558
31 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.27 1,129
32 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S7 MTV2 11:00 PM 31 0.26 595
33 BEACH EATS USA FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.26 718
34 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.26 681
35 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.25 596
36 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 11:56 PM 64 0.25 501
37 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING SF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.25 623
38 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.25 600
39 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 07:30 PM 30 0.24 459
40 LACHEYS BAR A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.23 617
41 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY     L: DETROIT/CHICAGO CUBS ESPN 08:00 PM 236 0.23 644
42 AMERICA BEST DANCE CREW 8 MTV 11:01 PM 61 0.22 511
43 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.21 1,144
44 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.21 425
45 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:31 PM 30 0.21 540
46 LAND RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.21 732
47 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.20 703
48 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.20 698
49 KEVIN FROM WORK ABC FAMILY 08:30 PM 30 0.20 402
50 WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURESS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.20 330
51 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.20 381
52 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.19 391
53 UNCOMMON SENSE SPECIAL MTV2 11:31 PM 30 0.19 439
54 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 399
55 SKIN WARS GSN 09:00 PM 60 0.18 577
56 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.18 337
57 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.18 791
58 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:00 PM 31 0.18 535
59 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.17 393
60 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.17 389
61 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.17 509
62 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.16 481
63 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.16 345
64 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.16 404
65 MAKE ME A MLLNRE INVENTOR CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 399
66 STEAMPUNKD GSN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 383
67 CANDIDLY NICOLE 2 VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.16 295
68 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.15 332
69 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.15 580
70 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 320
71 SOUTHERN JUSTICE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 730
72 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 770
73 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.15 1,969
74 CONCACAF LC – L: AMERICA / WALTER FERRETTI UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:02 PM 123 0.15 307
75 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.14 1,975
76 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.14 843
77 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN2 07:31 PM 78 0.14 278
78 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,462
79 IMPASTOR TV LAND 10:30 PM 31 0.13 489
80 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,344
81 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.12 310
82 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 09:00 PM 60 0.12 305
83 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.12 570
84 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.12 1,147
85 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE     L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.12 275
86 USA SOCCER WOMEN         L: USA/COSTA RICA ESPN2 06:55 PM 124 0.11 274
87 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.11 1,861
88 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 07:00 PM 60 0.11 242
89 XTREME WATERPARKS TRAVEL CHANNEL 07:00 PM 30 0.11 324
90 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.11 948
91 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:00 PM 30 0.10 205
92 THRILL FACTOR TRAVEL CHANNEL 08:00 PM 30 0.10 294
93 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.10 1,319
94 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.10 187
95 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 25 0.10 239
96 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 07:00 PM 60 0.09 508
97 UNSUNG HOLLYWOOD TV ONE 08:00 PM 60 0.09 378
98 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 09:00 PM 60 0.09 968
99 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 07:00 PM 60 0.09 1,000
100 RIDE ALONG HBO PRIME 07:15 PM 99 0.09 198

 

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.